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Poll: Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?

Apple, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, pays a tax rate of less than two per cent in Ireland.

AT A HIGH-profile US Senate meeting, technology giant Apple was accused of using Ireland as a ‘tax haven’.

The multinational firm, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, reportedly avoided paying €34 billion in US taxes by negotiating a tax rate of less than 2 per cent with the Irish government – significantly lower than that nation’s 12.5 per cent statutory rate.

The Senate heard that American children are losing out on education because Apple is transferring profits to Irish subsidiaries.

However, the Taoiseach Enda Kenny has denied that Ireland is a tax haven and rejected claims that authorities had negotiated deals with multi-national companies.

So, today we want to know, what do you think? Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?


Poll Results:

No (1933)
Yes (1450)
I don't know (1112)

Read: Ireland is Apple’s ‘Holy Grail of tax avoidance’>

More: US Senate: Irish tax havens are leaving US children without education>

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    May 21st 2013, 6:25 PM

    What was the blackmailing about though? Was it something saucy?

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    May 21st 2013, 6:40 PM

    I war thinking the same. …

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    May 21st 2013, 7:13 PM

    Amy, I am from the North… On my passport, it says i am Irish. Why in Gods name is this article on the International News section of Journal.ie and not the Irish News section?

    Do i need to change my passport now ?? :D

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    May 21st 2013, 8:51 PM

    Amy, with respect…what exactly is the story here???? Very little detail, just sentencing details.

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    May 21st 2013, 10:28 PM

    ohh god…poor amy, getting it from all angles ?!?

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    May 22nd 2013, 5:15 PM

    A bit of a looker as well

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    May 22nd 2013, 5:14 PM

    Feck em Amy you’re top class

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